Eventually these kind of things will hit mass market, and probably be flavoured, so that when you're done eating the food, you can eat the plate. I speak of Stalk Market paper goods, which are made from leftovers from the sugar cane refining process. Actually, when you're done with them, you can turn them into flat paper, but the idea is to have heat-tolerant, liquid-tolerant, compostable, non-toxic disposable containers that aren't using up our trees. [GT]
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